Question

A bouquet of flowers has 3 pink roses, 5 red roses, and 4 yellow tulips. A represents the event that a randomly selected flower is a pink rose.

What is the probability of the complement of event A?

Answer 1

1/4

Explanation:

3/12 simplified is 1/4

Answer 2

Explanation:

3pink,5red,4yellow. 12 total roses. Probability of selecting a pink rose would be 3/12 or 1/4. The complement of that would be 1-1/4=3/4. So theres a 3/4 chance that she WON'T randomly select a pink rose. Answer=3/4